I did not like Hathaway at all in the role. Her performance seemed very forced to me, like they tried too hard to make her sexy. She is not sexy at all, neither is she charismatic or interesting. There was no chemistry between her and Batman (probably also because Christian Bale is equally terrible).

I did not like Hathaway at all in the role. Her performance seemed very forced to me, like they tried too hard to make her sexy. She is not sexy at all, neither is she charismatic or interesting. There was no chemistry between her and Batman (probably also because Christian Bale is equally terrible).

I agree with him, to an extent. Hathaway is a competent actress, so managed to portray "flirtatious" reasonably well, but overall I felt she was miscast. A frail, thin girl going her best with tinny dialogue and a silly costume.

I agree with him, to an extent. Hathaway is a competent actress, so managed to portray "flirtatious" reasonably well, but overall I felt she was miscast. A frail, thin girl going her best with tinny dialogue and a silly costume.

Silly costume?
And I thought the silliest costume goes to Batman..
Will always goes to Batman..

It's gonna be hard to hide, crawl inside confined space or even to drive inside a car with that long pointy ears..
Bruce Wayne wants to become fear.. But, admit it, you we all won't be afraid if a guy dressed in a bizzare halloween costume or a cosplayer comes up, will you?

I mean, we can 't complain about silly costume.. Because they are silly from the beginning..

I agree with him, to an extent. Hathaway is a competent actress, so managed to portray "flirtatious" reasonably well, but overall I felt she was miscast. A frail, thin girl going her best with tinny dialogue and a silly costume.

That's pretty dramatic.

'Silly'? Compared to what? Every other Catwoman costume ever, short of Adam Hughes' take? I don't think so.

It's a black spy suit with goggles that double as a domino mask with 'ears' that we could interpret to even be accidental. She didn't make an animal themed outfit, and they even ditched the whip.

That's going as far to the opposite of 'silly' as you possibly can with a Catwoman costume.

Sorry, I haven't been clear. The costume is not silly because it is insufficiently dull/'practical', it is silly to me because its overall design is ugly and faintly comic in the 'Mickey Mouse' sense. Pfieffer's costume was much better, because it was a stronger design. As far as 'practicality' is really necessary in a Batman movie, the costume used in the comics since the 1990s accomplishes it more fully while looking a lot nicer, too.

I liked both costumes. Both performances. But Anne was Selina Kyle. Michelle was just the zombie/horny Catwoman and a Selina from some parallel universe. Anne was the "sly Robin Hood and not a psycho" as someone put it. And that is Catwoman to me.

Pfieffer was a much better representation of the lion's share of Catwoman's history. Hathaway was comparatively bland, but that is nothing uncommon in a Nolan movie. I am certain that it will be Pfieffer's Catwoman that continues to be remembered and cited as a pop culture icon.

Yeah, I strongly disagree that Anne was miscast. She might have been cast against type based on the roles she's played in the past, but for me she embodied who Selina Kyle is. There's not another actress in Hollywood I would have rather seen play the character in TDKR.

I didn't find the costume silly either. It was retro, but techie. The Numar look felt more iconic, in terms of how pop culture tends to think of Catwoman. And it managed to incorporate the goggles, which made me happy. Michelle's costume was great too and was closer to the comics of the time. But they had a job to distinguish the costume and characterization than what had come before and they did a marvelous job of it.

Hathaway wasn't bland, she just didn't ham or overly sex it up because the role didn't call for it. But nevertheless, she was incredibly smart, sexy, funny and kickass.

I think, Nolan's Catwoman wasn't as convincing in his version of Gotham as Burton's Catwoman in Burton's Gotham.

She was just over the top. Those heels and hip-high boots, flowing hair, contrast make-up... Eye-candy? Oh yes. But it ruined everything that Nolan was constructing through previous movies. What's funny, Selina works great outside her costume, but when she wears it, it turn everything into joke.

I'd prefer a mix between current comic book Catwoman suit (minus cat ears) and those flipping goggles. Less classy, more rebel. Maybe with short hair.

As a summary, I don't think that Anne was a miscast. It's just her Catwoman part was poorly made. But Selina's part was great.

I liked both costumes. Both performances. But Anne was Selina Kyle. Michelle was just the zombie/horny Catwoman and a Selina from some parallel universe. Anne was the "sly Robin Hood and not a psycho" as someone put it. And that is Catwoman to me.